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The cruelty of wars and revolutions in the twentieth century proves that the man

without has hardly progressed from a moral point of view: it would be even possible to

find arguments in favour of a regression on this plane.

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During the historical period, the quality of fauna and flora was considerably

transformed under man's influence. It is significant to note that more and more refined

energies are placed at the disposal of the transmitting station by these two kingdoms. It

is not the same where man is concerned: with the exception of certain Individualities,

the evolution of the human species, in the esoteric sense, is a debatable phenomenon.
But on another hand, the considerable increase of the human population is a factor

which contributes appreciably to the augmentation of the power of the transmitting

station. This is a recent phenomenon as examples previously quoted prove.
The Earth was still sparsely populated in the tenth century of our era. This was how

one Khozare tribe and seven Hungarian ones were able to settle down in the territory

which is known as modern Hungary and which the Slavs had abandoned to emigrate

northwards. And, even in the sixteenth century, the invaders found the Americas and

Siberia almost deserted. It looks as though the population of the globe never exceeded a
few millions for many centuries. Then it began to increase rapidly during the

contemporary period. Today, the annual rate of growth is about 1,6%.